Improvement in hay-loaders



C. P."HALE.

Hay Loader.

Patented Oct. 12, 1869.

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fililiiltd giant- CHARLES I; HALE, or CALHOUN, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent N. 95,680, dated October 12,1'soo.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-LOADERS.

The Schedule referred td in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES I. HALE, of Calhoun, in the county of McLean, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and improved Raking, Loading, and Elevating-Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de-.

scription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in raking or gathering, loading, and elevating-apparatus, for hay, straw, sand, and other substance to be gathered from the ground, for loading, transporting, and elevating to a stack, building, or other place.

It consists in an improved arrangement on a truck of a ake, or gathering-instrument, which also delivers the substance gathered into a rack, and a receiving and delivering, or elevating-rack, with connecting and tripping-gear for a hoisting-apparatus, all as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved apparatus; and

- Figure 2 represents a plan View. of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v e

A represents a rake-head, suspended in front of the front axle B of a truck, by arms 0, hinged to the tops of posts I), rising a suitable distance from the said axle.

The teeth E of this rake are so connected to the lake-head as to rise and fall, at their outer ends, in dependently of each -'Other, and theyare provided with springs 1*, which have a tendency to press the front ends down to the ground.

G represents rods rising-upward from the rakehead, to prevent the hay gathered on the rake-teeth from escaping behind them.

When the rake has gathered a load of hay or other substance, it is swung up over the top of the posts 1), to deliver its load into the rack H. This is accomplished when the truck is moved backward, by the aid of ratchet-wheels 1, working loosely on the rear axle K, druins L, cords M, and hinged braces N, supported on the front axle, all actuated by the rear wheels of the truck. I

The said cords are connected to the drums, the swinging ends of the braces N, and to the rake-head at O.

The rear wheels P of the truck are provided with spring-pawls Q, which engage the'ratchets when moving backward, and thus turn the drnms'L, to wind up the cords, and swing the rake over, tb dump its load into the rack.

This backward movement is effected by barking up the team for a short distance. i I

After dumping, the rake is thrown forward again, by the forward movement of the team, through the action of a cord, R, connected to the rake-head, and in any suitable'way, to the harness of the team, so as to slacken enough, when the team backs up, to

permit the rake to swing up, but to draw the rake back when they moveforward; or the said cord may be operated by an attendant.

The rack 11 is designed to be hoisted off the truck, for elevating its load and is therefore connected to pins S, rising from no rear axle, and rests at the front end on the reach T of the truck.

The top of the rack is connected, by cords U, to a hoisting-block, V, by a revolving or oscillating shaft, W, havinggrooved blocks or rollers X Y, at the ends, in the grooves of which loops of the .cords U are secured.

The outer flange of the rollerY is removed from one side, so that when that side is turned up, the

"'loop will slip off, and permit one end of the rack to fall, for dumping.

he shaft W is' provided with an arm, Z, for holding it in the right position for holding the cords for elevating, and ior tripping when elevated. It springs into a vertical groove in the block V, for holding the shaft, and is provided with a trip-cord, Z, for pulling it out of the groove, for dumping.

Having thus described my invention,

-I claim-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The arrangement of the -ratchet-wl1eels I, and pawls, with thewheels P, the cords M, swinging arms N, pulleys Y- X, loop V, and rake, all substantially as specified. v

2. The combination, with the detachable rack H, of the .looped cords U, blocks V, shaft W, blocks X Y, and trip-lever Z, when all arranged substantially as specified.

OHAR-LEQ 1. HALE.

Witnesses: ALF. O. TANNER,

L. G. ALEXANDER. 

